Lindsay Lohan puts herself in (insert drama here) but claims it's not her fault, and manages to slither out of trouble by (insert resolution here)!

In the latest edition of the troubled starlet's current mess - the IRS seizing her bank assets to cover her tax leins for 2009-2011 - she's now doing just what she always does, and claiming that despite her previously reported ridiculous spending habits, she still is NOT to blame for the state of her finances!

One would think that having been in jail before and knowing just how awful it was, Lindsay Lohan would have cleaned up her act and done everything she could to avoid making the mistakes that put her behind bars in the first place!

But as we all know, that has NOT been the case for the troubled starlet!

In fact, despite the fact that she deliberately lied to the police about her responsibility and involvement in the PCH car accident that ultimately led to her latest probation violation, she's now said to be freaking out over the very real possibility that she could be back in jail by the time Christmas and New Year's roll around, and has told her long-suffering lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley, to do whatever it takes to keep her out!

But according to Claus Hjelmbak, a pal of Lindsay Lohan's who was with the troubled starlet the night she accused Christian LaBella of assaulting her in her room at the W Hotel after she found out he was taking pictures of her on his cell phone, the reason she's not in a good place has nothing to do with any of HER choices!

Whatever skills he lacks in driving, he more than makes for in manners!

Ben Affleck was clearly NOT paying attention to the rules of the road yesterday as he cruised around Santa Monica, because the actor was spotted by paparazzi as he side-swiped a PARKED car…and took off its side mirror!

As we reported, Lindsay Lohan apparently decided to show the world that Amanda Bynes has got nothing on her this morning when she was arrested for allegedly striking a pedestrian with her car while returning to the Dream hotel in Manhattan, and then LEAVING the scene of the crime after making sure her Porsche SUV was undamaged!

Of course, in typical fashion, the severely troubled actress is already rejecting any accountability whatsoever, and has - SHOCKER - told friends that she's once again been set up!

According to sources, LiLo is adamant she had no idea she even hit anyone, and the whole situation is

Two months ago, Casey Anthony was forced to give a videotape deposition as part of Zenaida Fernandez Gonzalez's defamation lawsuit against her, which alleges that "Anthony falsely accused her of kidnapping her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee Anthony."